US new orders for manufactured durable goods, excluding defense, slipped by 4.6% month-over month in May 2026, after an upwardly revised 8.4% surge in the prior month. Durable Goods Orders Ex Defense in the United States averaged 0.35 percent from 1992 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 29.30 percent in July of 2014 and a record low of -22.20 percent in August of 2014. source: U.S. Census Bureau
Durable Goods Orders Ex Defense in the United States is expected to be 0.10 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United States Durable Goods Orders Ex Defense is projected to trend around 2.50 percent in 2027 and 0.80 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.